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-.TH ulimit 2 "1 Feb 2003" "SunOS 5.11" "System Calls"
+.TH ULIMIT 2 "Feb 1, 2003"
.SH NAME
ulimit \- get and set process limits
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -29,12 +29,10 @@ effective in limiting the growth of regular files. Pipes are limited to
The \fIcmd\fR values, defined in <\fBulimit.h\fR>, include:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBUL_GETFSIZE\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
-.rt
Return the soft file size limit of the process. The limit is in units of
512-byte blocks and is inherited by child processes. Files of any size can be
read. The return value is the integer part of the soft file size limit divided
@@ -44,12 +42,10 @@ unspecified.
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBUL_SETFSIZE\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
-.rt
Set the hard and soft file size limits for output operations of the process to
the value of the second argument, taken as a \fBlong int\fR. Any process may
decrease its own hard limit, but only a process with appropriate privileges may
@@ -60,23 +56,19 @@ would overflow an \fBrlimit_t\fR, the actual value set is unspecified.
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBUL_GMEMLIM\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
-.rt
Get the maximum possible break value (see \fBbrk\fR(2)).
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBUL_GDESLIM\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
-.rt
Get the current value of the maximum number of open files per process
configured in the system.
.RE
@@ -93,23 +85,19 @@ limit. Otherwise, \fB\(mi1\fR is returned, the limit is not changed, and
The \fBulimit()\fR function will fail if:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBEINVAL\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
-.rt
The \fIcmd\fR argument is not valid.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBEPERM\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
-.rt
A process that has not asserted {\fBPRIV_SYS_RESOURCE\fR} in its effective set
is trying to increase its file size limit.
.RE
@@ -134,13 +122,12 @@ See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.TS
-tab() box;
-cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i)
-lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i)
-.
-ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
+box;
+c | c
+l | l .
+ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
-Interface StabilityStandard
+Interface Stability Standard
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO